Overview
- Operation Armorum, announced Thursday, led to 14 arrests across Spain, Scotland, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates.
- Clan leader Steven Lyons was detained in Bali and moved via Amsterdam under a European arrest warrant, and partner Amanda Lyons was held at Dubai airport.
- Spanish teams searched 18 locations on the Costa del Sol and one in Barcelona, seizing cash, electronics, corporate files, luxury watches and cryptocurrency wallets.
- The probe, coordinated by the Guardia Civil’s Central Operative Unit with Police Scotland through EU agencies Eurojust and Europol, also froze high‑value assets in Turkey.
- A Málaga investigating court now leads a money‑laundering case with suspected flows preliminarily estimated at more than €50 million.